South By Southwest 2009 (SXSW) Music Festival Reveals List of Performers

SXSW is one of the most prestigious music festivals in the world, and serves as a showcase of which acts will be hot in the months to come. As usual, several British artists have been selected...

A Reinvigorated Primal Scream is one of the Highlights of SXSW 2009

The SXSW MUSIC AND MEDIA CONFERENCE showcases hundreds of musical acts from around the globe on over eighty stages in downtown Austin. By day, conference registrants do business in the SXSW Trade Show in the Austin Convention Center and partake of a full agenda of informative, provocative panel discussions featuring hundreds of speakers of international stature. This year, respected producer Quincy Jones will give the keynot speech at the conference.

This year, South By Southwest will take place between 18th and 22nd March. Amongst the British highlights, we can mention indie legends Primal Scream, the "fight pop" band Dananananaykroyd (currently supporting The Kaiser Chiefs on tour), the eighties-obsessives and hotly-tipped White Lies, and the noisy duo Dirtblonde - recently chosen by Gibson as one of the Top 5 bands from Liverpool.

Primal Scream, in particular, will interest any fans of great guitar sounds! Last time we saw them onstage, they sounded louder - and better - than ever! Guitargeeks can spot a really cool assortment of gear onstage: vintage Les Paul Juniors and 335 guitars, Marshall cabs, Roland Space Echo and newcomer guitarist Barrie Cadogan's cool custom made guitar (see below):

Other buzz acts gracing the South By Southwest festival include Asobi Seksu (Brookly, New York), cool swedish rocker Ida Maria and sixties garage rock gods The Sonics, from Seattle.

Still no word whether the rumours of an Elton John performance or the highly-awaited Rod Stewart and The Faces reunion for the festival are true...

Besides the music side of the festival, SXSW 2009 also hosts a film conference and interactive festival.

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